स्वशक्त्युद्धाटिताशेषकपाटः पितृवाहकः ।शेषोरगफणाच्छत्रश् शेषोक्ताख्यासहस्रकः॥
svaśaktyuddhāṭitāśeṣakapāṭaḥ pitṛvāhakaḥ ·śeṣoragaphaṇācchatraś śeṣoktākhyāsahasrakaḥ
by whose own power all the prison doors flew open
Whose power opened all doors and bolts by themselves — every locked door of the prison swings open by itself as Vasudeva approaches; Yoga-māyā enacting his will.
who was borne by his father
Carried by his father — the Supreme Being allows himself to be carried as a newborn by Vasudeva across the Yamunā; this image of divine dependency is treasured.
canopied by the hood of Śeṣa the serpent
sheltered across the Yamunā
Sheltered by Śeṣa's snake-hoods as an umbrella — as Vasudeva crosses in heavy rain, the cosmic serpent Śeṣa rises behind them and spreads his thousand hoods as a protective canopy.
whose thousand names were uttered by Śeṣa
Whose thousand names are declared by Śeṣa too — in the Pāñcarātra tradition, Ananta Śeṣa proclaims the sahasranāma; the Parāśara hymn traces through this lineage.
